Texel Sheep expt to Bulgaria
Aubrey and Sue Andrew of the Miserden flock are celebrating having exported a batch of shearling ewes, along with a ram to Bulgaria to join the farming enterprise of Adrian Thayler, a British farmer now…
Read moreBritish Texel Society Embraces Social Media
The British Texel Sheep Society, the UK’s largest breed society is embracing the world of social media, with the Society now to be found on Facebook and Twitter. Society chief executive John Yates said the…
Read moreTexel Sheep expt to Bulgaria
Aubrey and Sue Andrew of the Miserden flock are celebrating having exported a batch of shearling ewes, along with a ram to Bulgaria to join the farming enterprise of Adrian Thayler, a British farmer now…
Read moreBreeders urged to focus on quality in preparation for 2012 breeding sales
The arrival of the New Year and with it the countdown to lambing is always a good time to reflect on how the last year has gone. There can be few more valuable activities in…
Read moreTullagh flock collects top call of 2400gns at Northern Lights Texel female sale
On Thursday, 29th December 2011, the Northern Lights sale of Texel females at Hilltown Mart, Northern Ireland, saw the top two prices claimed by the Tullagh flock of John and Richard Currie, Ballymena, Co Antrim.…
Read moreNew 32,000gns breed female record set at Christmas Cracker Sale
A new female breed record of 32,000gns was set on Friday, 9 December 2011, when John Forsyth of the Glenside flock, Maybole, sold an in-lamb gimmer at the Christmas Cracker Sale, Carlisle. FPG1000158 sold at…
Read moreUK secures major sheep EID victory in Brussels
DEFRA has won a key victory on sheep EID in Brussels that has delayed a requirement for individual movement recording of the ‘historic flock’ for three years. The victory could potentially saving the industry up…
Read moreDavid Arkley
David founded the “Cauldcoats” flock in 1983, achieving many successes of which the highlight was the sale of gimmer, Cauldcoats AJC09139 for 3,800gns at the 2010 Texel Sheep Society AGM & Social weekend Scottish Club…
Read moreTexel lamb from Hereford wins RABI trophy
A pure bred Dutch Texel lamb, bred and exhibited by R J Slade of Pembridge, Hereford, won the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) perpetual trophy at last week’s East of England Smithfield Festival in Peterborough.…
Read morePrestigious Award goes to North Wales Texel breeder and Society Regional Director
Alwyn Phillips receives the John Gittens Memorial Award 2011 at this years Welsh Winter fair Alwyn Phillips One of the most progressive sheep farmers in Wales, Alwyn Phillips, of Pen y Gelli, Ffordd Bethel, Caernarfon,…
Read moreQuality Texel Breeding in Demand at Shrewsbury
The ongoing strong demand for top quality Texel females proved itself again at Shrewsbury at the major reduction of James and Hannah Draper’s Claybury flock which also hosted drafts from Messrs Quick’s Loosebeare flock and…
Read moreUK Texel breeders to benefit from cross-hemisphere genomic research
As a result of a unique piece of work being pioneered both in the UK and New Zealand, UK Texel breeders should be among the first sheep breeders in the world to be able to…
Read moreTexel Sheep Society 37th Annual General Meeting & Social Weekend 2011
This extremely successful event was hosted in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Texel Club on Friday & Saturday October 28th – 29th 2011 at the La Mon Hotel and Country Club, Castlereagh, Belfast. On the…
Read moreExport of Sheep & Goats to the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and Jersey
International trade: Customer Information Notes – AE/11/92 894NFG – Sheep and Goats for Breeding/Production/Fattening from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 1137NFG – Rams over 9 months of age of certain specified breeds to the…
Read morePerformance recorded rams to the fore at major Texel sales
This year’s National Texel sales have once again proved the strength in depth crucially demonstrating the continuing commercial appeal of the breed. And, it is the ability of the Texel to combine strong type with…
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